MSc. Lucas Arantes Camacho

EDUCATION

• PhD in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology Oct 2022 - Currently
  University of São Paulo - USP. Brazil
  Thesis title: Modularity, morphological diversification and its relation with diet and mating systems in simiiformes primates (Primates: Haplorrhini)
  Supervisor: Gabriel Henrique Marroig Zambonato
• MSc in Ecology Mar 2018 - Jul 2020
  University of São Paulo - USP. Brazil
  Dissertation title: Coevolution and exploitation in mutualistic networks
  Supervisor: Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior
• Teaching in Biological Sciences* Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
  University of São Paulo - USP. Brasil
• BSc in Biological Sciences Jan 2023 - Dec 2017
  University of São Paulo - USP. Brazil
  Project Title: Coevolutionary centrality in ecological networks of mutualistic interactions
  Supervisor: Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior
• Technician in Environment Conservation Feb 2010 - Jun 2011
  Technician School of São Paulo - ETESP. Brazil
  Project Title: Feasibility study for effluent treatment system installation in a textile dye
  Supervisor: Natália Palermo Pereira Caruso

* Additional degree concerning the main teaching philosophies and strategies which allows teaching practice in elementary and high schools in Brazil

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• PhD scholarship Dec 2022 - Sept 2026
  Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP
  4-years PhD scholarship
  
• MSc scholarship Mar 2018 - Apr 2020
  
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq
2-years MSc scholarship

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
  Institute of Bioscience - IB USP
  TA for two ecology classes provided for undergraduate students in biological science

PUBLICATIONS

• Camacho, Lucas A., Cecilia Siliansky de Andreazzi, Lucas P. Medeiros, Irina Birskis-Barros, Carine Emer, Carolina Reigada, e Paulo R. Guimarães. “Cheating Interactions Favor Modularity in Mutualistic Networks”. Oikos 2023, nº 3 (2023): e09176. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09176

TALKS

• Lucas Camacho, Cecilia Andreazzi, Lucas Medeiros, Irina Barros, Carine Emer, Carol Reigada, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr. “Cheating interactions favor trait disparity and modularity in mutualistic networks” ASN Virtual Asilomar 2021. Watch my walk here

POSTERS IN MEETINGS

• Victor Keller, Elisa Hardt, Lucas Camacho, Dante Garcia, Juliano Moraes, Wellington Delitti, Erico Pereira-Silva “Análises qualitativa e quantitativa da flora arbustivo-arbórea de um cerradão conservado no Estado de São Paulo” to appear in XII Congresso de Ecologia do Brasil, (Brazilian Ecological Society), São Lourenço, Brazil.
  

INVITED SPEAKER

• Ecology Graduation Program - Opening Week Mar 2021
  Department of Ecology, University of São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, Brazil.
  I gave a talk about my master personal experience for the new graduate students in the Department of Ecology - USP.
  Organizer: Department of Ecology - USP
  
• IV EcoEscola (IV Eco School) May 2019
  I talk to the graduate students from the Department of Ecology at USP about the importance of the ecology course called IV EcoEscola (IV EcoSchool) as well as opportunities for the graduate students participate of the event.
  Organizer: Eco Encontros (Eco Meetings), organized by the students of the ecology graduate program at USP
  

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2020 Best MSc. Dissertation Mar 2021
  My dissertation entitled ”Coevolution and exploitation in mutualistic networks” was considered the best MSc. dissertation in 2020 from the Department of Ecology at USP
  

PERIODIC REVIEWER

• EVOLUTION - 2021
  

COURSES

• Ecology of the Amazon Forest Oct 2018 - Nov 2011
  I went 24 days on the Amazon Forest to train my writing and presenting skills as well as develop experiments using the Amazon Forest as study system.
  Organizers: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia (INPA) and UFMG.
  Amazonas - Brazil.
  
• VII Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology Jan 2018
  Th course teaches the basis of theoretical ecology and mathematical modelling with a final presentation of a student's group project with a simplified mathematical model from a certain ecological system.
  Organizers: Prof. Dr. Roberto Kraenkel and Prof. Dr. Paulo Prado.
  São Paulo - Brazil.
  
• IV IAG Python Bootcamp Jul 2017
  Two days bootcamp for Python 3 programming focused on data analysis.
  Organizers: Institute of Astronomics - USP
  Sâo Paulo - Brazil.
  
• Bootcamp of Shell, Git and Python 3 Jul 2015
  Introduction of Bash use, versioning with Git and data analysis with Python 3.
  Organizers: Software Carpentry
  São Paulo - Brazil.
  
• Foundations of R Programming Language Oct 2015
  Introduction the basic functions in R programming language.
  Organizers: Institute of Bioscience - USP
  São Paulo - Brazil.
  

TEACHING

• Science and Biology Teacher Feb 2021 – Jul 2022
  I was a middle and high school teacher of natural sciences and biology in Hélio de Souza High School.
  São Paulo - Brazil
  
• Teacher Assistant Sept 2019
  T.A. of the discipline ”Use of R language for ecological data analysis”.
  Organizer: Prof. Dr. Alexandre Adalardo.
  São Paulo - Brazil.
  
• Teacher Assistant Jan 2017 – Dec 2017
  I was a T.A. in two Ecology disciplines from the undergraduate program in Biological Sciences at USP:
  i) Ecology of individuals and populations
  ii) Ecology of community and ecosystems
  São Paulo - Brazil
  
• Tutor Jan 2016 – Dec 2016
  Training for teaching several biology disciplines for the Science undergraduation program at Virtual University of São Paulo - UNIVESP.
  São Paulo - Brazil.
  
• Voluntary Teacher Assistant Aug 2015 – Dec 2015
  T.A. in the undergraduate discipline Ecology of Community and Ecosystems at University of São Paulo - USP.
  São Paulo - Brazil
  

WEBSITES

• Interaction Web Database (IWDB) Feb 2021 - Currently
  I help to organize a database of ecological networks of different types of ecological interactions (IWDB Website).
  The networks are available for download and if you have empirical networks and want to make them available online, send an email to iwdb@ib.usp.br
  

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• 2023 Summer School in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology Feb 2022
  I was a member of the comission to organize the event and gave a class about quantitative genetics and evolution.
  São Paulo - Brazil.
  

• IV Eco Escola (IV Eco School) Jul 2019
  I coordinated an Ecology course at USP in which I trained graduate students on active learning strategies to teach Ecology to recently graduated biologists. I also designed pedagogic material and gave three lectures: “Patterns and Processes in Ecology”, “Interaction Biology” and “Evolutionary Ecology and Biogeography”.
  São Paulo - Brazil.
  

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

• 2021 Virtual Asilomar Jan 2021
  Organizer: American Society of Naturalists (ASN)
  
• Simposium of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity Oct 2019
  Organizer: UFABC and ICAQF/UNIFESP
  
• Workshop on Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Ecological Networks May 2018
  Organizer: IFT/UNESP
  
• III Workshop of Ecology and Evolution Nov 2014
  Organizer: Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program - UNIFESP
  
• Thematic Week of Biology 2015, 2017
  Organizer: Undergraduate students from Institute of Bioscience - USP.
  
• Fritz Muller Seminar Series 2016, 2018
  Organizers: Prof. Dr. Paulo R. Guimarães Jr and Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Cogni
  

LANGUAGES

• Brazilian Portuguese: Native
  
• English: Fluent
  
• Spanish: Basic
  

REFERENCES

• Gabriel Henrique Marroig Zambonato
  Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Bioscience
  University of São Paulo - USP, Brazil
  gmarroig@usp.br
  
• Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior
  Department of Ecology, Institute of Bioscience
  University of São Paulo - USP, Brazil
  prguima@gmail.com